1. Diseases Disabling the Poor

• Phossy Jaw (Phosphorus Necrosis of the Jaw):
  Stocker, H. (1991). “Phossy Jaw: The Historical Occupational Disease.” Occupational Medicine, 6(2), 379–382.
  (Describes industrial conditions in match factories causing this disease, disproportionately affecting poor workers.)

• Tuberculosis and Poverty:
  McKeown, T. (1976). “The Modern Rise of Population.” Academic Press.
  (Discusses TB as a disease of poverty and how social conditions shaped its prevalence.)
  Farmer, P. (1999). “Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues.” University of California Press.
  (Links TB and other infectious diseases to social determinants.)

• Syphilis and Social Marginalization:
  Brandt, A. M. (1985). “No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880.” Oxford University Press.
  (History of syphilis tied to social stigma and neglect.)

• Rickets and Malnutrition:
  Nesheim, M. C. (1995). “Rickets and Osteomalacia.” In Nutrition in Pediatrics (pp. 95-107).
  (Explores nutritional diseases linked to poverty.)

• Infantile Paralysis (Polio):
  Oshinsky, D. M. (2005). “Polio: An American Story.” Oxford University Press.
  (Covers polio epidemics and social impact.)

• Radiation Poisoning:
  Weart, S. R. (1988). “Nuclear Fear: A History of Images.” Harvard University Press.
  (Addresses radiation exposure and its effects on working-class populations.)

• Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Scarlet Fever:
  These infectious diseases historically devastated poor communities lacking access to vaccines and adequate healthcare. For overviews:
  Rosen, G. (1993). “A History of Public Health.” Johns Hopkins University Press.
  (Covers the epidemiology of infectious diseases in relation to social conditions.)

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2. Colonial Famine and Mike Davis’s Late Victorian Holocausts

• Davis, M. (2001). “Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World.” Verso.
  (Key work demonstrating how colonial policies exacerbated famines in India, Africa, and elsewhere, debunking Malthusian explanations.)

• For critiques and contextualization:
  Sen, A. (1981). “Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation.” Oxford University Press.
  (Provides a foundational theory of famine that emphasizes entitlement failure over food scarcity.)

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3. Eugenics Movement and British History

• Brignell, V. (2016). “The Eugenics Movement Britain Wants to Forget.” The Guardian.
  (Journalistic piece summarizing the history of eugenics in Britain.)
  [Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/25/eugenics-movement-britain-forget]

• Scholarly:
  Allen, G. (2011). “Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.” Palgrave Macmillan.
  (Though focused on Scandinavia, this provides context for eugenics in social policy.)
  Kevles, D. J. (1985). “In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity.” Harvard University Press.
  (Comprehensive history of the eugenics movement internationally.)

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4. G.K. Chesterton’s Critique

• Chesterton’s essay:
  Chesterton, G. K. (1910). “Eugenics and Other Evils.” (Available in collected essays or online archives.)
  [Full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17199]

• Commentary on Chesterton’s anti-eugenics stance:
  Hochschild, A. (2012). “To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  (Includes discussion of anti-eugenicist intellectuals during that period.)

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5. Contemporary “Crypto” Eugenics and Structural Violence

• Scully, J. L. (2008). “Disability Bioethics: Moral Bodies, Moral Difference.” Rowman & Littlefield.
  (Explores ethical issues including rationing and disability.)

• Campbell, F. K. (2009). “Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness.” Palgrave Macmillan.
  (Critical disability studies text addressing structural ableism.)

• Lynch, J., & McLaughlin, H. (2010). “Neoliberalism and the Politics of Disability.” Disability & Society, 25(7), 885-889.
  (Analyzes austerity’s impact on disabled people.)

• Eubanks, V. (2018). “Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor.” St. Martin’s Press.
  (Explores algorithmic governance and risk assessment’s role in social exclusion.)

• Roberts, D. (2011). “Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century.” New Press.
  (On modern eugenics and systemic racism.)